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A dense crowd fills a street during a festival procession, with many people raising hands and holding up mobile phones to photograph. Orange flags on tall poles rise along the right side, and a yellow-and-red banner with Hindi lettering is carried above the crowd. On the left, a floral canopy decorated with white and orange marigold garlands shelters a palanquin-like float. Sadhus in saffron and orange robes stand among devotees in white dhotis, kurtas and white turbans. Uniformed police officers in khaki and caps line the front. Tents and red and orange canopies appear in the background under trees.

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A dense crowd of devotees fills a street at a Kumbh Mela-style procession, many raising hands and phones. Saffron and orange flags with a banner reading Kumbh Mela are held aloft. On the right, a figure in orange robes with long hair sits on a decorated float garlanded with orange and yellow flowers, raising a hand in greeting. Most men wear white caps, orange shirts, or light kurtas, and a few hold cameras. Tents and trees line the background.2016-05-09A dense outdoor crowd of men fills a festival street during a procession, many raising hands and holding up mobile phones to photograph. Many wear orange or saffron clothing, white caps, and white or cream dhotis. Behind them, tall orange and saffron flags with white banners fly, one banner printed with Hindi script reading a mela title. On the right, a decorated ratha or palanquin draped in red cloth is garlanded with marigolds and purple flowers. Tents, a red canopy, and banners line the background among trees.2016-05-09May 21 20162016-05-21April 22 20162016-04-22A large outdoor crowd fills a tree-lined street during a procession. Dense ranks of men and women in light shirts, kurtas, saris and headscarves press together, many with bags and some looking toward a decorated float at right. Behind them, orange and red flags and pennants line the route, and a shaded platform with floral garlands and marigold-style decorations holds a seated figure in pink clothing. A red and gold ornate ratha-style canopy with a red cloth and white and pink flower garlands sits at right. The scene reads as a festival or procession crowd, with no clearly identifiable Swamiji visible.2016-04-18A large dense crowd fills a road during a procession, many people raising hands and holding orange and red flags on poles. A bare-chested sadhu with white-painted body and long grey beard sits on a decorated cart or chariot, raising one arm, with flower garlands. Behind him people in orange and saffron clothing stand on a raised platform beneath a red umbrella. Uniformed police officers in khaki and blue caps and a man in a pink shirt holding a camera move through the crowd in the foreground. Banners with Hindi text hang overhead.2016-05-09May 09th 20162016-05-09April 22 20162016-04-22May 09th 20162016-05-09A dense crowd fills a dusty road at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela in 2007, with a procession moving through it under a clear hazy sky. Many people stand shoulder to shoulder, including men in white kurtas, women in colourful saris and shawls, and several uniformed police officers in khaki and dark caps near the front. Some participants carry a tall orange flag, a large golden ceremonial fan and a row of decorated umbrellas in red, yellow and blue. Tents, bamboo poles, electric wires and small flags line the background, with a gateway arch and a loudspeaker on a pole. A figure in white stands above the crowd near the umbrellas, and a placard in Hindi is held up on the right. Some people wear rudraksha-like beads and sit or walk within the procession.A large crowd of devotees moves through a festival street at a Kumbh Mela setting, many wearing orange head cloths and orange or saffron garments. A man in the foreground holds a video camera on a tripod-style rig while others raise phones. Orange and red flags with a figure on them fly above, and decorated gateway stages with blue and orange panels stand behind. Police in khaki uniforms and a high-visibility vest line barricades on the right, with a crowd watching from behind yellow barriers. No individual is clearly identifiable as the a person from this image alone.2016-05-21May 09th 20162016-05-09